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LECTURE NO. 3
3.4 CORRELATION FOR CONVECTIVE MASS TRANSFER
COEFFICIENT
In this section various correlations that are used to estimate the convective mass transfer coefficients for various cases are presented. The various correlations are generally formed in terms of different dimensionless groups associated with the mass transfer. The definitions of mostly useful dimensionless groups associated with the mass transfer are given in Table 3.1 as follows:
Table 3.1: Dimensionless groups for mass transfer:
Definition of group
Significance of group
ul
DAB
Ratio of inertia force to viscous force Ratio of molecular diffusivity of momentum to molecular diffusivity of mass transfer
Ratio of total mass transfer rate to mass transfer by molecular diffusion Ratio of product of buoyancy forces and inertia forces to
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Sh/(Re.Sc), Sh/PeD
3.4.1 Correlation of mass transfer coefficients for a single sphere 3.4.1.1 Mass transfer coefficients for a single sphere in case of
natural convection
In presence of natural convection the mass transfer from single sphere were studied by Steinberger and Treybal (1960) and they recommended the mass transfer coefficient as follows:
Sh Shnc 0.347(Re Sc0.5 )0.62
(3.34)
In the range of 1 < Re < 3104 and 0.6 < Sc < 3200
Shnc 2.0 0.569(GrD Sc)1 / 4
(3.35)
(3.36)
3.4.1.2
forced convection
Different investigators have performed the experiment on the mass transport from a single sphere and developed correlations based on mass transfer in the
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environment of forced convection along with the consideration of mss transfer by molecular diffusion in the general form of:
Sh Sh0 m Ren Sc1 / 3
(3.37)
where m and n are correlating constants. As per Bird et al. (1960), for low Reynolds number, the effects of natural convection is negligible which results Sherwood number theoretically to a value of 2.0. Then the generalized correction becomes:
Sh 2.0 m Ren Sc1 / 3
(3.38)
At Reynolds numbers ranging from 2 to 12000 and Schmidt number ranging from 0.6 to 2.7, Froessling (1939) and Evnochides and Thodos (1959) developed the mass transfer coefficient for a single sphere and represented as follows:
Sh 2.0 0.552 Re1 / 7 Sc1 / 3
(3.39)
(3.40)
(3.41)
The Reynolds number and the Sherwood number are defined based on the characteristic length l. The range of Schmidt number for the above correlations is 0.6< Sc < 2500.
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